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Bessie Smith

The Absolutely Essential Collection

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  • Details

    Released:
    28th October 2016
    Category:
    Blues
    Format:
    CD Box Set
    Barcode:
    805520131346
  • Track listing

    Disc 1

    Track name
    Artist
    Length
    1.Down Hearted Blues
    Bessie Smith
    3.25
    2.Gulf Coast Blues
    Bessie Smith
    3.04
    3.Beale Street Mama
    Bessie Smith
    3.34
    4.Baby Won't You Please Come Home
    Bessie Smith
    2.55
    5.Tain't Nobody's Bizness If I Do
    Bessie Smith
    3.26
    6.Whoa, Tillie, Take Your Time
    Bessie Smith
    3.1
    7.Any Woman's Blues
    Bessie Smith
    3.24
    8.Chicago Bound Blues
    Bessie Smith
    3.15
    9.Moonshine Blues
    Bessie Smith
    3.16
    10.Weeping Willow Blues
    Bessie Smith
    3.09
    11.The Bye Bye Blues
    Bessie Smith
    3.17
    12.Sinful Blues
    Bessie Smith
    3.08
    13.Dying Gambler's Blues
    Bessie Smith
    2.57
    14.Reckless Blues
    Bessie Smith
    3.02
    15.You've Been a Good Ole Wagon
    Bessie Smith
    3.29
    16.Cake Walkin' Babies (From Home)
    Bessie Smith
    3.09
    17.The Yellow Dog Blues
    Bessie Smith
    3.02
    18.Soft Pedal Blues
    Bessie Smith
    3.18
    19.What's the Matter Now?
    Bessie Smith
    2.44
    20.I Want Every Bit of It
    Bessie Smith
    2.35

    Disc 2

    Track name
    Artist
    Length
    1.The St. Louis Blues
    Bessie Smith
    3.09
    2.Careless Love Blues
    Bessie Smith
    3.24
    3.I Ain't Goin to Play Second Fiddle
    Bessie Smith
    3.21
    4.I Ain't Got Nobody
    Bessie Smith
    3.09
    5.Jazzbo Brown from Memphis Town
    Bessie Smith
    3.18
    6.The Gin House Blues
    Bessie Smith
    3.12
    7.After You've Gone
    Bessie Smith
    2.55
    8.Alexander's Ragtime Band
    Bessie Smith
    2.58
    9.A Good Man Is Hard to Find
    Bessie Smith
    2.58
    10.Lost Your Head Blues
    Bessie Smith
    2.55
    11.Young Woman's Blues
    Bessie Smith
    3.07
    12.Baby Doll
    Bessie Smith
    2.59
    13.Preachin' the Blues
    Bessie Smith
    2.49
    14.Hard Driving Papa
    Bessie Smith
    2.56
    15.Backwater Blues
    Bessie Smith
    3.17
    16.There'll Be a Hot Time in the Old Town Tonight
    Bessie Smith
    3.18
    17.Trombone Cholly
    Bessie Smith
    3.09
    18.Send Me to the 'Lectric Chair
    Bessie Smith
    3.2
    19.Dyin' By the Hour
    Bessie Smith
    2.57
    20.Thinking Blues
    Bessie Smith
    3.07

    Disc 3

    Track name
    Artist
    Length
    1.Nobody Knows You When You're Down and Out
    Bessie Smith
    2.56
    2.Need a Little Sugar in My Bowl
    Bessie Smith
    2.46
    3.Empty Bed Blues, Pt. 1
    Bessie Smith
    3
    4.Empty Bed Blues, Pt. 2
    Bessie Smith
    3.19
    5.Gimme a Pigfoot
    Bessie Smith
    3.28
    6.Spider Man Blues
    Bessie Smith
    3.21
    7.Devil's Gonna Git You
    Bessie Smith
    3.09
    8.Poor Man's Blues
    Bessie Smith
    3.23
    9.Me and My Gin
    Bessie Smith
    2.49
    10.I'm Wild About That Thing
    Bessie Smith
    2.46
    11.Kitchen Man
    Bessie Smith
    2.55
    12.Blue Spirit Blues
    Bessie Smith
    2.54
    13.Baby Have Pity On Me
    Bessie Smith
    3.18
    14.On Revival Day
    Bessie Smith
    2.54
    15.Hustlin' Dan
    Bessie Smith
    3.29
    16.Black Mountain Blues
    Bessie Smith
    3.06
    17.Safety Mama
    Bessie Smith
    3.23
    18.Do Your Duty
    Bessie Smith
    3.23
    19.Take Me for a Buggy Ride
    Bessie Smith
    2.35
    20.I'm Down in the Dumps
    Bessie Smith
    3.09
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